YARMOUTH — There’s a sliver of water running behind Jamie Brookes’ house on Plimouth Way. To call it a brook would be an overstatement. A stream? In the spring, now, maybe. It’s located about 150 yards from Brookes’ home, down in the woods where it runs behind several homes in the housing subdivision and trickles […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer listens to a speaker as friends, family and colleagues gathered Saturday, May 8, at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Community Education Center in Portland to celebrate the life of Frank M. Coffin, the former congressman, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and […]

WASHINGTON – President Obama is open to the idea of reviewing Miranda warnings for terrorist suspects, senior White House adviser David Axelrod said Monday. Axelrod’s comment came after Attorney General Eric Holder said changes by Congress may be needed to allow law enforcement more time to question suspected terrorists before the suspects are told about […]

Portland police charged Thomas Lano, 49, of Old Orchard Beach, late Saturday night.

Steven Delano and his best friend, Kevin Grondin, and two girls who attend Gorham High School were on their way to Gorham’s senior prom

The United States Collegiate Athletic Association 2010 National Baseball Tournament kicked off today, and runs through the end of the week.

SCARBOROUGH — A high school senior was killed and three other teenagers were injured when their car was struck by a tractor-trailer truck at the intersection of Payne Road and Holmes Road Saturday evening. Police said Stephen Delano, 18, and Kevin Grondin, who graduated from Scarborough High School in January, were headed to the Gorham […]

A Senate measure would allow the display of a gun in order to warn away a potential attack.

Robert Towle was a highly popular hair stylist and a longtime producer of the Miss Maine pageant.

An elected mayor and a school board name change are likely candidates for the fall ballot.